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Edwards, Garth,
Artist and Urban Accessories,
Figure male -- Full length
Figure female -- Full length
Occupation -- Other
Occupation -- Medicine
Occupation -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Phoenix
Sculpture
Dunlap Avenue Tree Guards, (sculpture).
Artist:
Edwards, Garth, 1950- , sculptor.
Artist and Urban Accessories, fabricator.
Title:
Dunlap Avenue Tree Guards, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
(Business Man), (sculpture).
(Man with Briefcase), (sculpture).
(Man with Cane), (sculpture).
(Man with Staff), (sculpture).
(Woman with a Purse), (sculpture).
(Sunnyslope Viking), (sculpture).
(Doctor), (sculpture).
(Fashion Plate Woman), (sculpture).
(Cowboy), (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed Dec. 10, 1990.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Mild steel, welded and painted black, with Hobart wire HB-28 and stainless steel bolts.
Dimensions:
56 figures. Each: approx. 72 x 12 x 1/4 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Life-size silhouettes of figures attached to the gratings around street side trees. Figures include a Businessman (also known as Man with Briefcase) dressed in a suit and hat, holding a briefcase; and a Cowboy, with hat, chaps and boots. Figures seen in profile, include Man with Cane, Man with Staff (his mouth open, as if speaking); and The Sunnyslope Viking, with horned Viking hat.
Figures with heads turned in profile include The Woman with a Purse, a Doctor with stethoscope; The Fashion Plate Woman, with spiked hair.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Figure female -- Full length
Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
Occupation -- Other -- Cowboy
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Phoenix
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Phoenix, Phoenix Arts Commission, 200 West Washington, Tenth Floor, Phoenix, Arizona 85003
Located Dunlap Avenue, Between Central & 7th Street, Phoenix, Arizona
Remarks:
Funded by Phoenix Street Department Percent for Art funds, administered by the Phoenix Arts Commission. The Dunlap Avenue Tree Guards project consists of 98 tree guards installed along both sides of Dunlap Avenue. Each tree guard is intended to protect a young elm tree. 48 of the tree guards have a single figure attached, and 4 of the tree guards have 2 figures attached, for a total number of 56 figures. There are only 8 figure designs, which appear 7 times each. 42 of the tree guards have no figures attached.
IAS files contain additional media information, and a copy of the artist's statement. SOS! files contain a copy of a newspaper article from the Arizona Republic, Dec. 12, 1990, which discusses the commissioning, funding, and creation of the sculptures; and a transcription of the text on a nearby marker. One figure was damaged and replaced by an identical figure.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1994.
Phoenix Arts Commission, 1991.
The Arizona Republic, Dec. 12, 1990.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 66000004
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